Katrusha

At dawn there were footprints in the flour, up to the millstone and back out again. I didn't sweep them up, I covered them with a sack.

• Father PanteleimonCovering it counts too, in the reckoning. Why didn't you sweep it away?
  KatrushaSweeping it away would make it never have happened. I didn't want it to never have happened.
• Granny HorpynaJust give me a handful of that mud. I'll pay you later.
  KatrushaName your price now. Your 'later' always costs more, ma'am.

The dough won't rise today, of all days. And that's not why I keep looking at the kitchen window.

• OksanaKatrusia, do you lock the door at night?
  KatrushaI do. And it's open by morning.
• Old Man HrytskoDon't look at the window. The water's looking.
  KatrushaWhat do you know, that you watch nothing but the water every single day.